Training Programme on Policy, Planning and Design for Sustainable Mobility

Indian cities were originally designed as compact entities to reduce travel trip length. But with rapid urbanization and motorization, our sprawling cities are becoming victims of killer pollution, congestion, and a crippling oil guzzling, car dependent infrastructure that endangers our quality of life. While sprawling cities, flyovers and signal- free corridors are increasing distances, subways and foot overbridges are taking away the right of pedestrians to cross at grade; gated communities are increasing dependence on personal vehicles. This car-centric infrastructure is leading to isolated road stretches without hawkers and vendors compromising safety and road design leading to accident risk. This trend needs to be reversed to reinvent mobility by having public transport, walking and cycle-oriented design and safe accessibility.

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is offering a three-day training programme to sensitise young professionals and students on urban design planning and policy interventions for sustainable transport required to make our cities liveable. This programme aims to deepen the understanding of challenge of urbanisation, environmental impact, mobility crisis, mobility management strategies and urban design interventions to scale up public transport, multi-modal integration, walking and cycling and parking policy as a travel demand management measure.

The three day training programme would be a combination of lectures, field visits and class room exercise

Course content

Module: Understanding the challenges of urbanization and motorization

Why vehicles are a special challenge?

Energy, planning and built environment

Ensuring low emissions through advanced vehicle technology and fuels

Sprawling cities: Land use and travel

Understanding travel behavior

Social inequity and planning

Module: Planning for NMT inclusive transport

Non motorized transport: Inherent strength of our cities

Building infrastructure for pedestrian and non-motorised transport

Urban design interventions to enhance accessibility and safety

Hands on exercise: Audits and class room

Module: Public transport planning and management

Conventional bus transport systems

Reorganisation and modernization for a scaled up bus transport system

Strategies to scale up public transport and design multi-modal integration

Funding and financing mechanisms

Module: Travel demand management strategies

Leveraging parking policy

Fiscal policies to influence travel choices

Vehicle taxation policy

Congestion and road pricing

Open for: Students from planning, urban design, architecture and engineering backgrounds, young professionals, consultants and NGOs.

A certificate of participation will be awarded to the participants at the end of the programme

Course Fee: Rs. 9,000 per participant (50% discount for students). The fee includes resource material, refreshments, lunch and transportation for field visits. The course fee does not include participants accommodation and travel. CSE can help book appropriate accommodation for the outstation participants close to the venue, the cost for which will be borne by the participants.